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Else Marie Agger is affiliated with Statens Serum Institut in Denmark and works primarily within the fields of immunology and microbiology. Their research focuses on immunology, infectious diseases, and topics related to tuberculosis research and epidemiology, immune responses and vaccinations, as well as immunodeficiency and autoimmune disorders.

The scientist's published works include studies that address immune mechanisms and vaccination strategies against tuberculosis. Two notable recent papers are:

  • Immunization with Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific Antigens Bypasses T Cell Differentiation from Prior Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Vaccination and Improves Protection in Mice (2020) published in The Journal of Immunology
  • Author Correction: Cyclooxygenase inhibitors impair CD4 T cell immunity and exacerbate Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in aerosol-challenged mice (2024) published in Communications Biology

Else Marie Agger has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Peter Andersen
  • Rasmus Mortensen
  • Claus Aagaard
  • Niels Peter Hell Knudsen
  • Iben Sohn

Their research contributions have appeared mainly in the following scientific venues:

  • The Journal of Immunology
  • Communications Biology

Else Marie Agger's work concentrates on advancing the understanding of immune responses related to tuberculosis and the impact of vaccination regimens at the cellular level. This includes investigations into the modulation of T cell immunity and the effects of pharmacological agents on immune defenses against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Best Publications

  • The Vaccine Adjuvant Chitosan Promotes Cellular Immunity via DNA Sensor cGAS-STING-Dependent Induction of Type I Interferons

    Elizabeth C. Carroll;Lei Jin;Andres Mori;Natalia Muñoz-Wolf

  • Cutting edge: Mincle is essential for recognition and adjuvanticity of the mycobacterial cord factor and its synthetic analog trehalose-dibehenate.

    Hanne Schoenen;Barbara Bodendorfer;Kelly Hitchens;Silvia Manzanero

  • Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Based on the Two Specific Antigens ESAT-6 and CFP10

    Laurens A. H. van Pinxteren;Pernille Ravn;Else Marie Agger;John Pollock

  • Control of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is dependent on CD8 T cells

    Laurens A.H. van Pinxteren;Joseph P. Cassidy;Birgitte H. C. Smedegaard;Else M. Agger

  • Tuberculosis Subunit Vaccination Provides Long-Term Protective Immunity Characterized by Multifunctional CD4 Memory T Cells

    Thomas Lindenstrøm;Else Marie Agger;Karen S. Korsholm;Patricia A. Darrah

  • Characterization of cationic liposomes based on dimethyldioctadecylammonium and synthetic cord factor from M. tuberculosis (trehalose 6,6'-dibehenate) - A novel adjuvant inducing both strong CMI and antibody responses

    Jesper Davidsen;Ida Rosenkrands;Dennis Christensen;Anil Vangala

  • Adjuvanticity of a synthetic cord factor analogue for subunit Mycobacterium tuberculosis vaccination requires FcRγ–Syk–Card9–dependent innate immune activation

    Kerstin Werninghaus;Anna Babiak;Olaf Groß;Christoph Hölscher

  • Cationic liposomes as vaccine adjuvants

    Dennis Christensen;Karen Smith Korsholm;Peter Andersen;Else Marie Agger

  • Protection of macaques against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection by a subunit vaccine based on a fusion protein of antigen 85B and ESAT-6.

    Jan A.M. Langermans;T. Mark Doherty;Richard A.W. Vervenne;Tridia van der Laan

  • Cationic Liposomes Formulated with Synthetic Mycobacterial Cordfactor (CAF01): A Versatile Adjuvant for Vaccines with Different Immunological Requirements

    Else Marie Agger;Ida Rosenkrands;Jon Hansen;Karima Brahimi

  • A novel liposomal adjuvant system, CAF01, promotes long-lived Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific T-cell responses in human.

    Jaap T. van Dissel;Simone A. Joosten;Søren T. Hoff;Darius Soonawala

  • Different human vaccine adjuvants promote distinct antigen-independent immunological signatures tailored to different pathogens.

    Niels Peter H. Knudsen;Anja Olsen;Cecilia Buonsanti;Frank Follmann

  • Liposomal cationic charge and antigen adsorption are important properties for the efficient deposition of antigen at the injection site and ability of the vaccine to induce a CMI response.

    Malou Henriksen-Lacey;Dennis Christensen;Vincent W. Bramwell;Thomas Lindenstrøm

  • The adjuvant mechanism of cationic dimethyldioctadecylammonium liposomes

    Karen Smith Korsholm;Else Marie Agger;Camilla Foged;Dennis Christensen

  • Liposomes based on dimethyldioctadecylammonium promote a depot effect and enhance immunogenicity of soluble antigen

    Malou Henriksen-Lacey;Vincent W. Bramwell;Dennis Christensen;Else Marie Agger

  • Control of chronic mycobacterium tuberculosis infection by CD4 KLRG1- IL-2-secreting central memory cells

    Thomas Lindenstrøm;Niels Peter Hell Knudsen;Else Marie Agger;Peter Andersen

  • Protective immunity to tuberculosis with Ag85B-ESAT-6 in a synthetic cationic adjuvant system IC31.

    Else Marie Agger;Ida Rosenkrands;Anja Weinreich Olsen;Graham Hatch

  • PPE protein (Rv3873) from DNA segment RD1 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: strong recognition of both specific T-cell epitopes and epitopes conserved within the PPE family.

    Limei Meng Okkels;Inger Brock;Frank Follmann;Else Marie Agger

  • The Mincle-activating adjuvant TDB induces MyD88-dependent Th1 and Th17 responses through IL-1R signaling.

    Christiane Desel;Kerstin Werninghaus;Manuel Ritter;Katrin Jozefowski

  • Vaccine-Induced Th17 Cells Are Maintained Long-Term Postvaccination as a Distinct and Phenotypically Stable Memory Subset

    Thomas Lindenstrøm;Joshua Woodworth;Jes Dietrich;Claus Aagaard

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter E. Andersen
Peter E. Andersen Technical University of Denmark
Ida Rosenkrands
Ida Rosenkrands Statens Serum Institut
Camilla Foged
Camilla Foged University of Copenhagen
Mads Melbye
Mads Melbye University of Copenhagen
Claire-Anne Siegrist
Claire-Anne Siegrist University of Geneva
Paul-Henri Lambert
Paul-Henri Lambert University of Geneva
Roland Lang
Roland Lang University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Jan Wohlfahrt
Jan Wohlfahrt Statens Serum Institut
Carsten J. Kirschning
Carsten J. Kirschning University of Duisburg-Essen
Vincent Enouf
Vincent Enouf Institut Pasteur

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